Patents by Inventor Takaaki Onodera

Takaaki Onodera has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10689035
    Abstract: A side rail includes base members, and plate members that are different in both plate thickness and material from the base members. The base members have a cutout or an opening, and the plate members are fitted into this cutout or opening and joined to the base members by laser welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Onoda, Makoto Kato, Takaaki Onodera, Junichi Amo, Tokukatsu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190381845
    Abstract: In the front lower arm, a ball joint bracket to which a ball joint to be coupled to a knuckle is attached is welded to an outer end of a lower arm body in the left and right direction of the vehicle. A spindle member connected to a lower end of a shock absorber is provided on a front side of the ball joint bracket in the front and back direction of the vehicle so as to protrude forward. A welding part between the lower arm body and the ball joint bracket is inclined in plan view, toward an outside in the left and right direction from a front part to a rear part of the welded part in the front and back direction. An extension of a central axial line of the spindle member is arranged so as to intersect with the welded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinpei MATSUMOTO, Yoshiki Komatsu, Takaaki Onodera, Atsushi Yaza
  • Patent number: 10407100
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle body frame structure including: a side rail extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and disposed so as to face a front tire in a vehicle transverse direction; a cab mount member projecting toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side, from a region of the side rail that is further toward a vehicle rear side than the front tire, and to which a body is mounted; and a projecting portion projecting toward the front tire from a region of the cab mount member that is away from the side rail in the vehicle transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Onoda, Keiji Yamaguchi, Yoshiki Komatsu, Kento Shigeishi, Takaaki Onodera
  • Publication number: 20190111973
    Abstract: A side rail includes base members, and plate members that are different in both plate thickness and material from the base members. The base members have a cutout or an opening, and the plate members are fitted into this cutout or opening and joined to the base members by laser welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro ONODA, Makoto KATO, Takaaki ONODERA, Junichi AMO, Tokukatsu SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10106196
    Abstract: A vehicle rear section structure includes: left and right rear side members disposed along a front-rear direction at width direction sides of a rear floor pan; a rear suspension member extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and attached to front portions of left and right rear side members; a load bearing section projecting upwardly from the rear suspension member; left and right reinforcement members extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of rear portions of the left and right rear side members and at a vehicle rear side of the rear suspension member, a rear end portion of the reinforcement member partially overlapping a rear bumper reinforcement in a vehicle front-rear direction view; and a rear cross member linking the left and right rear side members together and partially overlapping the load bearing section in the vehicle front-rear direction view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Yuji Nakane, Yasuyuki Kumazawa, Masatoshi Hata, Osamu Shimasaki, Takaaki Onodera, Shohei Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Amano
  • Publication number: 20180201323
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle body frame structure including: a side rail extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and disposed so as to face a front tire in a vehicle transverse direction; a cab mount member projecting toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side, from a region of the side rail that is further toward a vehicle rear side than the front tire, and to which a body is mounted; and a projecting portion projecting toward the front tire from a region of the cab mount member that is away from the side rail in the vehicle transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Onoda, Keiji Yamaguchi, Yoshiki Komatsu, Kento Shigeishi, Takaaki Onodera
  • Publication number: 20180105210
    Abstract: A vehicle rear section structure includes: left and right rear side members disposed along a front-rear direction at width direction sides of a rear floor pan; a rear suspension member extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and attached to front portions of left and right rear side members; a load bearing section projecting upwardly from the rear suspension member; left and right reinforcement members extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of rear portions of the left and right rear side members and at a vehicle rear side of the rear suspension member, a rear end portion of the reinforcement member partially overlapping a rear bumper reinforcement in a vehicle front-rear direction view; and a rear cross member linking the left and right rear side members together and partially overlapping the load bearing section in the vehicle front-rear direction view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Yuji Nakane, Yasuyuki Kumazawa, Masatoshi Hata, Osamu Shimasaki, Takaaki Onodera, Shohei Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Amano
  • Patent number: 9862420
    Abstract: A vehicle rear section structure includes: left and right rear side members disposed along a front-rear direction at both width direction sides of a rear floor pan; a rear suspension member that includes left and right side sections disposed along the front-rear direction, both front-rear end portions thereof being attached to respective front portions of the rear side members; and left and right reinforcement members extending along the front-rear direction, and being disposed at a width direction inner side of rear portions of the side members and at a rear side of the rear suspension member, each including a straight ridgeline section extending along the front-rear direction from a front end portion across to a rear end portion of the reinforcement member, at least part of the respective front end portion of the reinforcement member overlapping the respective side section of the rear suspension member in a front-rear direction view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Yuji Nakane, Yasuyuki Kumazawa, Masatoshi Hata, Osamu Shimasaki, Takaaki Onodera, Shohei Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Amano
  • Publication number: 20170183037
    Abstract: A vehicle rear section structure includes: left and right rear side members disposed along a front-rear direction at both width direction sides of a rear floor pan; a rear suspension member that includes left and right side sections disposed along the front-rear direction, both front-rear end portions thereof being attached to respective front portions of the rear side members; and left and right reinforcement members extending along the front-rear direction, and being disposed at a width direction inner side of rear portions of the side members and at a rear side of the rear suspension member, each including a straight ridgeline section extending along the front-rear direction from a front end portion across to a rear end portion of the reinforcement member, at least part of the respective front end portion of the reinforcement member overlapping the respective side section of the rear suspension member in a front-rear direction view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Yuji Nakane, Yasuyuki Kumazawa, Masatoshi Hata, Osamu Shimasaki, Takaaki Onodera, Shohei Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Amano